November 26, 1885 
Thursday 

Don't Want To Be Hanged 

Fowler who cruelly murdered his niece, Lydia Burnett, a beautiful 
young girl, eighteen years of age, near Boxville, Union County, Ky; 
August 16, for refusing his hand in marriage, and who was convicted 
of the crime in the September term of Circuit Court of Union County, 
and sentenced to be hanged at Morganfield, on Friday next, November 
27, has been granted a respite by the Governor, and his case will go 
before the Court of Appeals on Saturday. Fowler asks to have his 
sentence changed to imprisonment for life. 

Submitted by: Betty Sellers 

                                       
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